If you're running out of cloud storage, here's another free service you might be interested in. Right now, you can sign up for 5GB of free online storage over at Sync.com which is great for those of you who need to back up some files but don't have other alternatives. The real draw of this service, is that all files are encrypted and they guarantee privacy. While most of us probably don't need super-duper security, it is always nice to have peace of mind when you store photos, videos or documents online.

The freebie is live now and all you need to do is click the link here to get started.

It really only worries me when I don't know who is running the show. They're based out of Markham, but absolutely no details about their team or published articles exist on their Press page. The first page of Google just shows mostly the company page, blog, and a bunch of affiliate marketing blog posts.

Free space is free space, but I wouldn't trust anything sensitive with them, would maybe just use it as an alternative backup destination for smaller files.

Box wants to let businesses control cloud encryption keys “this year”
Government data requests might be thwarted if customers own the encryption keys.

Box CEO Aaron Levie told Ars last September that the cloud storage company is trying to build a service that would let customers store data in Box data centers but would keep encryption keys in-house. Today, he said it might be available before the end of this year.

Such a system could make it impossible for Box to turn customer data over to the government in a readable format. “In the history of our entire company this has never happened to an enterprise customer,” he said, referring to “blind subpoenas” in which the government demands access to a customer’s data without that customer being told. But government requests are still a risk.

“We are working on an encryption key solution right now. We’re still figuring out the exact details of how we want to integrate it with a customer environment. We do see that for very large or sensitive organizations that this is going to be an important solution for them,” he said.

Box wants to let businesses control cloud encryption keys “this year”
Government data requests might be thwarted if customers own the encryption keys.

Box CEO Aaron Levie told Ars last September that the cloud storage company is trying to build a service that would let customers store data in Box data centers but would keep encryption keys in-house. Today, he said it might be available before the end of this year.

Such a system could make it impossible for Box to turn customer data over to the government in a readable format. “In the history of our entire company this has never happened to an enterprise customer,” he said, referring to “blind subpoenas” in which the government demands access to a customer’s data without that customer being told. But government requests are still a risk.

“We are working on an encryption key solution right now. We’re still figuring out the exact details of how we want to integrate it with a customer environment. We do see that for very large or sensitive organizations that this is going to be an important solution for them,” he said.

Yes the keys absolutely need to be kept away from the service providers. The only thing that ever touches my Dropbox/cloud storage accounts are my truecrypt containers.
Unfortunately this is not ideal because you lose much of the convenience that these services are supposed to offer, but there is no way I am uploading a single file that isn't fully secured on my end first.